# Chinese stunt artist falls from building while performing stunt, dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286 "2017-12-12T16:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/61 "2017-12-13T20:33:50Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > The thing that got me was, if he’d had someone there to haul him back up once his arms got tired, it would have all been OK. But when his arms got too tired to pull himself back up over the ledge, and his feet couldn’t get any traction, and nobody was there to help him out…well, he was already a dead man before he fell. > > It looked like he was trying some sort of desperation move when he fell. I initially thought it might be fatigue, but on second thought, I reckon what might have been happening is that his fingers were slipping off the edge a bit, every time he pulled himself up (as if the top edge was too broad for his fingers to hook completely over) - so hanging there was a stable situation as long as his strength would last, but pulling himself up automatically resulted in letting go. If there had just been someone there to press his fingers down for a better grip, I reckon he’d have pulled himself back up without any problem. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/62 "2017-12-13T21:03:43Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > If there had just been someone there to press his fingers down for a better grip, I reckon he’d have pulled himself back up without any problem. He could have had a buddy, but he was[too reckless for other rooftoppers](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42308791). > [@BBC](#): > > Fellow rooftopper Charlie\_7U posted a photo taken with Mr Wu, saying: “He went a bit over the top, always trying things that are beyond his ability”. > > “I have even saved him once… we stopped playing together,” he added ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/63 "2017-12-14T02:33:01Z")
Just saw this on a bbc news page: You might also like **Daredevil climber dies in China fall** ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/64 "2017-12-14T02:37:02Z")
I don’t think it was a fatigue issue either. He only tried like 2-3 pullups. It was grip. He was fucked from the get-go. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/65 "2017-12-14T03:03:45Z")
We need to do _something_ about gravity! It’s a silent killer, People! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/66 "2017-12-14T05:18:56Z")
It’s not the pull of gravity, is it. Isn’t it the push of the warping space-time continuum? The dude was pushed off that ledge! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/67 "2017-12-14T06:37:16Z")
> [@simster](#): > > I can’t even begin to imagine what was going thru his mind in those few seconds… Oh no, not again. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/68 "2017-12-14T07:54:38Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It’s not the pull of gravity, is it. Isn’t it the push of the warping space-time continuum? > > The dude was pushed off that ledge! I blame the ancient Egyptians ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/69 "2017-12-14T16:47:58Z")
So have we heard an ACTUAL confirmation that this guy died and that this happened? I keep waiting for the “It was all a video hoax!” article. But that hasn’t happened. But neither have I really seen anything that truly confirmed it. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/70 "2017-12-15T02:20:33Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So have we heard an ACTUAL confirmation that this guy died and that this happened? > > I keep waiting for the “It was all a video hoax!” article. But that hasn’t happened. But neither have I really seen anything that truly confirmed it. …do you want a death certificate? The story has been told on mainstream media outlets all over the world, the BBC was just cited in this very thread, a fellow rooftopper was just quoted talking about his death. He’s as dead as dead can be. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/71 "2017-12-15T03:56:52Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Oh no, not again. Are you sure it wasn’t “I wonder if it will be friends with me?" ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/72 "2017-12-15T05:26:46Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Yes, a 45-foot fall is more than enough to kill. (•_•) ( •_•)\>⌐■-■ (⌐■\_■) So you’re saying it was terminal, Velocity? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/73 "2017-12-15T07:59:55Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I keep waiting for the “It was all a video hoax!” article. I can tell from the pixels. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/74 "2017-12-15T09:17:41Z")
Clearly official building management regulations were not followed here. There should have been a cart full of hay at the base of the building. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/75 "2017-12-15T15:01:58Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Clearly official building management regulations were not followed here. There should have been a cart full of hay at the base of the building. Or at least an open top dumpster with soft squishy bags of trash ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/76 "2017-12-15T15:51:42Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > the BBC was just cited in this very thread Link? > [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > He’s as dead as dead can be. He’s not only merely dead, he’s really most sincerely dead? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/77 "2017-12-15T16:10:20Z")
This is kind of like that “If a tree falls in a forest” philosophical question. “If a man falls off a tall building and no one sees him hit the ground, is he dead?” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/78 "2017-12-15T16:24:12Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > “If a man falls off a tall building and no one sees him hit the ground, is he dead?” Ancient Chinese secret! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/79 "2017-12-15T16:36:42Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > Or at least an open top dumpster with soft squishy bags of trash And the smallest possible number of javelins. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286/80 "2017-12-15T17:00:18Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > (•_•) > ( •_•)\>⌐■-■ > (⌐■\_■) > > So you’re saying it was terminal, Velocity? Gotta acknowledge the genius in this post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-stunt-artist-falls-from-building-while-performing-stunt-dies/804286.md?page=5)